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For Omar Abdullah, Jammu youth are criminals; miscreants who pelt stones, wave IS flags are 'saints' 6/23/2016 12:21:07 AM Early Times Report Srinagar, June 22: The former chief minister and NC's working president, Omar Abdullah in a Lower House on Wednesday while speaking during the discussion on allotments of grants for the departments held by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti made several bizarre remarks and one among them was that stone pelters in Kashmir valley "do not vandalise the public property." Omar said that no FIR was registered against 22 people in Jammu who vandalized public property after sacrilegious act at a religious place. "The 22 people were released overnight. No one is in jail or no FIR has been registered against any person. But unfortunately a police officer was suspended," he said. "Compared to it, our youth in Srinagar wave ISIS flags or pelt stones, they are booked. They don't vandalise public property," he said. Such a statement coming from the person who once has served state's top post for six years was nothing but a startling remark that unmasked how peculiar one would become to grap headlines. There are hundreds of forces personnel including those from the Jammu and K...   READ MORE

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Separatists are threat to peace: Mehbooba 6/23/2016 12:20:59 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 22: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today defended her decision of restricting the movement of separatist leaders and said the same is imperative for maintaining peace and tranquility in the state especially Kashmir valley. "I am not enthused to restrict the movement of some people, but they force me to do so. Their activities tend to dent the arrival of tourists to this place. Since the tourist season has just picked up I am left with no option but to keep these people at bay," said Mehbooba while winding up the discussion on grants of ministries being manned by her in the Legislative Assembly. The Chief Minister took a dig at the separat...   READ MORE   Woman BJP leader hosts iftaar party, ignores top leaders 6/23/2016 12:20:52 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 22: A woman BJP leader hosting an iftaar party in Srinagar without taking the party high command on board has annoyed the BJP leaders and they have taken a strong note of it. Sources said a woman BJP leader hosted an iftaar party here a few days ago and invited top notch people of Kashmir but the BJP leaders of the state unit were not invited. "The woman leader had not invited the BJP leaders to send a message to them that they are not relevant for her, and to protest against the shabby treatment meted out to her," said a source. He said the iftaar party hosted by the woman leader was sponsored by a Muslim BJP leader from Jammu. "The BJP leader from Ja...   READ MORE   After CM's visit, this thana regrets loss of hafta 6/23/2016 12:20:45 AM Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 22: Even as the civil and police administration here has come under the scanner of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti for poor performance following her recent surprise inspection of some City center areas, a police Thana here is regretting subsequent "loss of hafta." Since June 17 evening, when the Chief Minister inspected areas like Hari Singh High Street, Maharaja Bazar and Hazuri Bagh, where she got stuck in traffic jam, cops from the concerned Thana led by their SHO, often arrive in the area only to beat up pavement vendors while caught selling goods, on the busy route where any such activity has been banned by the Chief Minister. On Wednesday, the ...   READ MORE   One orders subordinates to get land vacated, another puts process on hold 2 IAS officers lock horns 6/23/2016 12:20:37 AM A B Sharma ET Report Rajouri, June 22: Two top government officials have issued contradictory orders over the vacation of 30-kanal land at village Taryath in Rajouri district. Sources told Early Times that a top IAS officer directed the tehsildar Taryath, to get a piece of land measuring nearly 30 kanals vacated from the illegal possession of two parties who had occupied the land. After the order was issued one party in this case agreed to vacate the land while the other party held on to it and refused to relent. Meanwhile, in the process the party that had agreed to leave the land called on the tehsildar and expressed their willingness to handover the possession. The tehsildar report...   READ MORE   Bijli plays hide & seek; consumers fuming 6/23/2016 12:20:24 AM Raj Sandeep Early Times Report Jammu, June 22: Successive governments at the Centre and state have utterly failed to provide round the clock power supply to the people. The sources informed that the power consumers are the worst hit in the state, especially in Jammu division who have never seen such a miserable power crisis after independence as they are at present facing due to failure of BJP government at the centre with its local wing sharing power in the state. Amar Singh of Singh Pura said that he has never seen the worst condition of power supply in Jammu facing sweltering summer under the leadership of BJP who have brought bad days for Jammu people on many fronts with specia...   READ MORE   No transfer melas but pick and choose for summer zone schools 6/23/2016 12:20:15 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 22: The Directorate of School Education Jammu is not conducting much talked about transfer melas for summer zone schools of Jammu division as the same does not give free hand to the concerned authorities for adjustment of their blue eyed. According to the sources, the Director School Education has conveyed her reservations to the higher authorities on holding the transfer mela even as the Minister has not yet taken any decision over the same. While the general teachers, Masters and Lecturers were waiting for the transfer melas, the Directorate of School Education was busy in effecting transfers on pick and choose basis. During the last three months, scor...   READ MORE   Rasheed again challenges JK's accession with India 6/23/2016 12:20:06 AM Asif Iqbal Naik Early Times Report Srinagar, June 22: Having lust to remain in news, controversial Pro-Separatist, Pro- Pakistan MLA Er Sheikh Abdul Rasheed today again challenged the constitutional right of India on state of Jammu and Kashmir and demanded holding of plebiscite in both Jammu and Kashmir as well as in illegally Occupied Pakistan occupied Kashmir so that the merger of the PoK with J&K could be done and same could go either way beside also batted for holding dialogues with militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen including its poster boy commander Burhan Wani. While speaking on the grants of the departments hold by the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Er. Rasheed once again repeatedl...   READ MORE   BJP's 'public darbar' turns into flop show 6/23/2016 12:20:00 AM Early Times Report Jammu, June 22: BJP's much hyped programme of public darbars at city party office with ministers' presence got punctured deflated when a senior minister chose not to come and hear the public grievances despite his name in the schedule of roaster prepared by the ruling ally. The minister who was scheduled to come to city office on Tuesday not only disappointed the gathered crowd but let them down as many were hopeful of their individual matters getting heard and solved after hearing by the minister. Sources said the ministerchose not to come to the Kacchi Chawni office where all was set for his visit in terms of arrangements and arrival of the audience. Sources fur...   READ MORE   Government says no to citizenship of WPRs Major blow to BJP 6/23/2016 12:19:35 AM Saqib Junaid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, June 22: In a major blow to the ruling BJP, government on Wednesday ruled out permanent citizenship to West Pakistan refugees in the state. The BJP, which is a part of the coalition government in the state had promised of granting permanent citizenship to West Pakistan refugees and was a poll plank for the party in Parliamentary and Assembly elections. However, government on Wednesday said it has no plan to give permanent citizenship to the refugees belonging to West Pakistan even though they are the citizens of the country. "Government has no plan to give permanent citizenship to the refugees belonging to West Pakistan though they are the cit...   READ MORE   Lack of infrastructure in Govt schools blamed for high drop-out rate 6/22/2016 11:49:57 PM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, June 22: Even as the union government is pushing hard for construction of toilets, especially for girls, in schools across the country, teachers from various government schools in Jammu and Kashmir listed lack of toilets and hygiene as one of the primary reasons for the high dropout rate in government -run schools. A senior school teacher who is also the member of the Jammu and Kashmir teachers forum told Early Times that negative effect on health due to poor sanitation and lack of toilets in the schools emerged as one of the major reasons for dropouts. "Many children of government schools have left due to lack of toilets, cleanliness in their ...   READ MORE   Power outrage hits Vijaypur hospital 6/22/2016 11:49:38 PM Gurdas Kumar Early Times Report Samba, June 22: The falling standard of health care in the state can be gauged from the fact that the solar power system installed at Government Emergency Hospital Vijaypur is lying defunct for the last two weeks which is posing potential danger to patients during emergency cases. Sources told Early Times that the 20 bedded 'Emergency Hospital Vijaypur' mainly caters the accidental cases on highway but the deteriorated power system in the hospital is disrup...   READ MORE   Anantnag polls: Victory of PDP-BJP, slap on separatists 6/22/2016 11:49:19 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 22: The PDP-BJP alliance has started to gain roots in the Valley, where the PDP is being targeted by the opposition-read NC and Congress- and the separatists alike for having alliance with the BJP. The by-poll in the Assembly elections, where Chief Minister is contesting, has registered about 33 percentage polling, which is slightly less than the last elections, but is even quite significant. " It's a significant polling percentage as it comes in the bac...   READ MORE   CAPD dealers deny ration to card holders 6/22/2016 11:47:49 PM Early Times Report Jammu, June 22: The degradation in public distribution system can be gauged from the fact that a ration dealers selling subsidized ration to the Non Residents in broad day light and denying ration to genuine card holders. Sources told Early Times that although black marketing of subsidized ration is not new thing in the state by the ration dealers yet the Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) Department has miserably failed to check the menace thereby the genuine people are being deprived of their due. Ration dealers were not delivering services to consumers and were seen very quite polite with the outsiders to whom they were selling subsidized ration ostens...   READ MORE   Tangmarg man forced to pay exorbitant RTI fees by SDM office Brother seeks justice for divorced sister 6/22/2016 11:47:44 PM Early Times Report Tangmarg, June 22: Despite paying Rs 2000 as Photostat charges as sought by the office of SDM office Tangmarg in Baramulla, for information sought under RTI, the seeker is yet to be provided requisite information. Details available with Early Times reveal that one Nisar Ahmad Parra a resident of Larkipora , Tehsil Karhama Tangmarg filed an application under RTI Act before the SDM Tangmarg on 19.5.2016. Information seeker alleged that officials of SDM office denied to issue RBA certificate to her divorced sister who lives with her brother (information seeker) from last many years. Information seeker Nisar Ahmad Parra had got orders from DC Baramulla for issuance of PRC...   READ MORE   Separatists to dine with Pak HC on June 25 What will BJP do now? 6/22/2016 11:47:34 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 22. The Pakistan High Commissioner has yet again invited Kashmiri separatist leaders for an iftaar dinner in New Delhi on June 25. Those invited for the dinner, which is being hosted by Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit, include APHC-M chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Pakistani agent and Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani and former Hurriyat chief Abdul Gani Bhat - all Kashmiri speaking ethnic Sunnis. Pakistan High Commissioner Basit may say that he simply invited the Kashmiri separatists for iftaar dinner, but the fact of the matter is that he would meet with seditionists, discuss with them the current situation in Kashmir and find out means and ways calcul...   READ MORE   Now, demand for creation of Israel in Kashmir Kashmiri Hindus' resolve 6/22/2016 11:47:27 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 22. The attitude of the internally displaced Kashmiri Hindus towards Kashmiri separatists and powers-that-be in Jammu and Kashmir and at the Centre has, it seems, undergone a radical change. The reason: The senseless opposition in Kashmir to not only to their demand seeking establishment of Centrally-administered separate Homeland but also to the controversial official proposal on setting up colonies in the Valley where 50 per cent Kashmiri Hindus and 50 per cent persons belonging to other faiths will be housed. The Panun Kashmir, the premier organization of the internally displaced Kashmiri Hindus, has rejected the official proposal, saying they would accep...   READ MORE   No enthusiasm shown by migrants to cast vote Out of 1799 only 655 migrants cast vote 6/22/2016 11:47:18 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 22: No enthusiasm was seen among the migrant voters for the Anantang bye elections today where Chief Minster and PDP candidate Mehbooba Mufti is tied in a triangular contest. Only 655 votes were polled at 15 polling booths in Jammu and one polling both each at Udhampur and Delhi by Kashmiri migrants out of 1799 votes for which the Kashmiri migrants have filled up M Forms. Out of 3900 total migrant votes in the Constituency, only 1799 forms were filled up by Kashmiri migrants showing their willingness to cast the votes in the bye elections. Out of them 1765 M Forms were filled up for 15 polling booths in Jammu district, 18 M Forms for one polling booth in Ud...   READ MORE   Pesticide industries units flowing hazardous chemical waste to drains, SPCB in slumber 6/22/2016 11:46:23 PM Neeraj Badyal Early Times Report. SAMBA Jun e22: Toxic effluents of Ravi Pesticide industry unit and other pesticide related unit allegedly directing their wastage into the drains in Samba SIDCO Phase- I which is causing hazardous affects on the water bodies in down steam of river basantar and calls for attention but concerned authorities from state Pollution Control Board are in deep slumber. According to reports some people in area today after getting the information about hazardous wast...   READ MORE   Sacrilegious act at Roop Nagar, PSA slapped on accused 6/22/2016 11:32:14 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, June 22: The Doda youth, who had indulged in a sacrilegious act at a historic and highly revered religious place at Roop Nagar here on June 14 last, has been booked by police under PSA (public safety act). Yasir Alfaz, son of Kher Din of Shiva in Bhaderwah, Doda, had on June 14 last forced his entry into the religious place and broke the glass protection around the idols. He had also indulged in other sacrilegious acts. Massive protests had erupted after the incident and the angry people had set ablaze two police vehicles, besides stoning the cops and Janipura police station. The accused, who was apprehended by the people, was later handed over to police. A...   READ MORE   33% turnout despite militant threats, boycott call Anantnag by-polls 6/22/2016 11:26:07 PM Saahil Suhail Early Times Report Anantnag, June 22: Defying militant threats and separatist boycott call, 28446 including 638 displaced Kashmiri Pandits cast their votes today in Anantnag by-polls. Voting for Anantnag Assembly segment that fell vacant with the death of Former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in January this year, began on Wednesday morning at sharp 7:00am amid tight security. In initial hours, voters didn't turn up apparently due to holy month of Ramadan, however polling picked up pace after 10:00 am. Few polling booths setup in Anantnag town witnessed low turnout and were giving a deserted look throughout the day, however the booths setup in rural areas of th...   READ MORE

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